beers
are
:.uuiicred.
The
bitl
becomes
effective
ws
soon
as signed
by
Pre..ient
Wilson,
0.
...
nim
ten
days,
shouiu
nis
i:lness
pre
7ent
him
irom
acting
on
..
Simultaneously
witn
the Presidents
sig-
nacure,
the
war
time
enfreement
sec-
tion
becomis
effective.
This
sec.lyi
as
well
as
the
econstituonal
enforcement
portion prohibits
the manuracture
or sale
of
a
'y liquor containing
more
than
ohe
half percen:
of aleohol.
Paris,
Oct.
10th.—German
troops
at-
tacked
Lettish forees
on Uet. Bth,
accord-
ing
to a
protest
received
by
the
Peace
Conference
from
the
j.ettish
Govt.
The
Allies
have been
asked
to
take
decisive
action
aga
nst
this
‘‘violation
of
the
peace
trea y’’, and
to
compel
Germany
to comply with the
terms
of the Versailles
Pact.
[:is claimed
that
German
froops
in Retviz
a
e threatening
the world
and
un:ting
wita pro-German
Russians,
the
Le tish
Govi.
declares
it
will defend
its
province.
Halifax,
N.
S.,
Oct.
10th.—The
St.
Law.ence
sugar
Company
of
Moutreal
announces
hat
at
9 o’clock
this
morn-
ing,
the pr.2eof
all
grades
of sugar
are
advanced
25 eents
a hundred
pounds.
Washingtn,
October
10th.—Although
Presiden:
\/ilson
contir.ued
to
improve
yesterdayv,
lis physicians
indicated
that
tney
expeci=d
his recovery
to
progress
very slow, ald it might be
a considerable
time
before
they
would
permit him
to
resame
work.
London,
Cct.
10th —Mr. Lloyd George,
answering
lemands
made
by the
min-
ers
at tocay’s
conference,
admitted
that
many
adva:
tages
eould be
secured
from
joint
contrc!
of
mines
by
capital
and
labour,
but
leclared
the
Govt.
was
una-
bie
to
fram:
i.s
polici2s
on
th2
lines of
the
min
rs’
sagresiions.
[he
Premier
spoke
for
cae
nhour and
made
it
clear
that
the Go/t.
was
noi
prepared
to ac-
cept
the
rccommendadon
of
the
Coal
Commission
headed
by
Sir John
Sankey,
to acquire
:nd
run
the
mines
as
State
oroperty.
ile
expressed
the
hope
that
the
Miners
Federation
and
the Trades
Union
move
nent
as
a whole
would co-op-
erate
to
o»stain
the
largest
possible
measure
of
agreement
for
the Govt’s.
scheme
as
ulready
outlined
by
himself
in
the
House
of
Cemmons,
according
to unofficial
reports.
Mr. Lloyd George
conceded
that the demand
for nationali-
zation
had
been
a plank
in the platform
(Labour)
for years,
and that
the depu-
tation
which called
upon
him
was
act-
ing
not fron
any
selfish
interest
but
with
a
desre
to
benefic
society
as
a
whole.
The
Govt.
however,
felt,
he
said,
that %?tionalization
w¥as
not
a
step
whiglt'Was in
the
interest
of the
State.
At the
close
of
the
conference
the
depueation
promised
to
report
its
result
to meilabers
of
the varicus unions
on Oct. 2nd.’ and that subsequent
action
would be left to the
Parliamentary
Com-
mitiee
whick
was appointed
at the trades
umion
congress
recently
held at Glasgow.
S 1 R
L
AN LS
It i~ understood
that
in
the
view of
the
deu itatior
the Prenner’s
sticement
was
MUs. dnSutisiaclory,
vne
delvgae
char-
acterizing
it as
‘posiuvely disbeareniug’.
An official statement
was Issued
‘ate
yes-
terday
thac
Mr. Lloyd George
nad agreed
to the deputation’s requaast
for paymentof
wages
to miners,
made
idie
by the
rai-
way strike, instead
of giving
an
unem-
ployment
allowance.
‘‘l'he
nat onaliza-
tion of mines’’, says
the ‘*Herald” labour
organ,
is
the question
immediately
at
is-
sue,
bu.
is
of
course
a
precursor
to
a
complete
policy
of
n.tionalization
of
industry.
'‘Here
is
the
bat:ie
joined’’.
On
neither
side
is
there
any
doubt
that
the
fight
will
be
stern.
The
““Herald”’ recognizing
this,
says:
‘‘lhe
possessing
ciass
that
lives
on
the
la
bour
of
others,
has
everything
at
stake,
and
will
shrink
from
nothing
in
an
acempt
to
frustrate
the
moave
ment’’.
Representing
the
anti-nation-
alization
view, the "‘Telegraph’’ does not
expect
the miners
to
be
convert:d from
their
present
opinion,
aithough
it
sees
scme
little
hope
in
the
appeal
to
other
trade
unionists.
It
adds:
“‘The
vrospect
is
the
reverse
of
att-active.
It
means
renewed
irouble,
anxi2ty and
unrest,
and
that
at
a
time
wlen
the
nation
can least
afford it’’,
London,
Oect.
10ch.—‘"Never
has
there
been
greaser
opportunities
in Great
Bri-
tain
and
greater
opportunities
will pre-
sent
themselves
in the future’’, Si
' Auck-
land Geddes,
Ministor of Naticrnal
Service
Reconstruction,
said
today.
!t
13
most
important
for the
country,
ne
prcceeded
to appreciate
ne
opportunities ani
seize
them
widiin
tne
couniry's
grasp.
But
we
must
have
courage
and
determina-
tion
and
mus:
summon
the
necessary
unanimiiy.
Every
nationisshor{
0l
some-
thing thar
Great
Britain cansupply.
Re-
ferring in optimistic
terms
to taeq
iestion
of
American
competition,
tne
Minister
declared,
‘'British
manufacturers.
have,
the
bugbear
of
American
rival'y
buc
America
is
not
well
placed
for
world
irade.
Besides,
she has
her
own troubles,
whiist the exchange
is hinderinz har
ex-
poris.
1 assare
you Americacanno:drive
British
trade
from
the
world
markets,
if
we
only
make
up our minds t) work
together.”’
}
London,
Oct.
10th.—Mr. Lloyd George
in
the course of his
speceh
y=sterday
to
tt.e delegation of miners
who presented
a
demand
for
the
na‘ionalizaticn
of
the
mines,
says the Central News
toda s, left
the
inference
to
be
gathered
thit if a
large
and
poweriul
section
of the
com-
munity
continued
to press
for the policy
of nationalization,
which would have
far
reaching
effects
upon industry,
it would
be
necessary
that
the
entire
natiom
be
given
an opportunity of declaring i's
at-
titude.
Paris,
Oct.
10th.—The Supreme
Coun-
cil
has
decided
to grant
co the Bu garian
plenipotentiaries
an extension
of 1))
days
to the time
in
which
they
are required
-
to
returu
their
observations
upon
the
~
draft
of
the
Lkulgarian
ireaty,
sub-
mitied
to them
on.Septen.ber
19th.
The
~
additional
period
will
end
on
Oectober
29th.
The Supreme
“ouncil further
ap-
~
broveda plan
vreposed
by
the
Repara-
tions Commission,
providing {or the
des-
pateh
to Budapest
of an inter-Allied com-
wission,
including
one Roumaniar
del-
eg~te,
to make
an
inventory
of
the
oh
jeets
an
dmaterial
which
have
been
seized by
the Roumanian
military autho-
rities
upon requisition
in Huneary.
NEW
YORK.
Oet.
11th
1919
‘Flour, Blenc24d Clear
St. Lawrence
|
rand
pr. ol SIUS“
Meal, Kilndried per
100 tbs £3.70
New
Season’s
Pork
per brl, $45.00
Heavy
Mess
Pork
per nbl.
$43.50
Sugar---Crystals
(Confirmed by Brokers)
per
100 Ibs.
$7.28,
Molasses
89
test
pr
100 Ibs.
no quotation.
Cotton, Middling Upiand, at i.iverpool per
th. 20 74-100 d.
xchange,
New
York
and’
London,
60
*
days’ sight
$4.15%
kixchange
New York and
[ondon,
sight
$4.1868
LLONDON, Oect.
11th
1919.
Sugar-Demerara
Crystals duty paid price.
fixed by
the Royal Commission
per
c¢wts
o7s.
9d.
-91s.
od.
Muscovado,
89°/
basis,
tloating rerms
11
bond,
Ditto duty paid. 555.
6d. -78s. 6d.
German
Beet 88°/¢ f.o.b.
no further
sales
during
the
war
Java
96°/
Gibraltaror Channel for Orders
floating terms,
no (uotations.
Denierara Rum,
per gal. nominal.
Trinidad
Cocoa,
Good
Middling Red
per
ewt.
1235.
od.
128s.
od.
Cotton,
Medium
Fine
Sea
Island,
ui iuv-:
erpool nominal
per |b.
Bank
of England
rate
of
Discount
per
cent. .
Consols
£2
Three
per
cent
rentes
in Paris
Fes.
60.95
SALVAGED CARGO OF
RAFUSE
SOLD
AT AUCTION.
Latest
news
from “ortola is
that
the
three
casks
of rum
salvaged
from
the
burnt British schooner
‘‘B.
L. Rafuse,”’
lying
bottom
up
on
the
Anegada
reef
were
sold
at auction
fetching
7
and
8
shillings
per gallon.
We understand
that according
to
tele-
grams
received
by Messrs.
D. O.
Bornn
& Sons,
this cargo
was
insured
with
the
Paris
Underwriters.—St
Thomas
Mail
Notes,
Bth
Oct.
-
FOR SALE
White Lime ‘...
Estate
Southgate
Farm
at
60 cents
pr. barrel.
CATHRINE
1 UDVIG